BURKINA FASO ECHNIQUE DE OUAGADOUGOU Unité -Progrés-Justi ECOLE POLYTI Année Académique 2022 IEUR DE L’EPO CONCOURS D’ ENTREE EN CYCLE ING Epreuve d’Anglais Durée: 2h TEXT : Economic Consequences of the COVID-19. In addition to the substantial burden on healthcare systems, COVID-19 has had major economic consequences for the affected countries. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused direct impacts on income due to premature deaths, workplace absenteeism, and reduction in productivity has created a negative supply shock, with manufacturing productive activity slowing down because of global supply chain disruptions and closures of factories. For example, in China, the production index in February declined by more than 54% from the preceding month’s value. Adding to the impact on productive economic activities, consumers typically changed their spending behavior mainly due to decreased income and household finances, as well as the fear and panic accompany the epidemic. Service industries such as tourism, hospitality, and transportation have suffered significant losses due to reduction in travel. The International Air Transport Association projects a loss in airline revenue solely from passenger carriage of up to $ 314 billion. Restaurants and bars, travel and transportation, entertainment, and sensitive manufacturing are among the sectors in the US that are the worst affected by the COVID-19 quarantine measures. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate in the US has already reached a record level of 11% for the week ending April 11, 2020. Furthermore, marked health inequalities, especially in countries without: universal healthcare coverage, the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be heterogeneous across the ‘Scanné avec CamSeannercountry’s income distribution. For instance, office Wotkers are more likely to transition to flexible working arrangements during the restrictions, while many industrial, tourism, and transport workers will suffer a notable reduction in work due to community restri jons and tow demand for their goods and services. Global financial markets have been heavily impacted by the effects of the pandemic spread .AS the numbers of cases started to increase globally, mainly through the US, Italy, Spain, Germany ,France, Iran, and South Korea, the world financial and oil markets enormously declined .Since the start of the year ,leading US and European stock market indices have lost a quarter of their value, with oil prices declining by more than 65% as of April 24,2020-Daily data ‘on stock market volatility and price movements are good indicators of consumer and business confidence in the economy .There were enormous negative relationships between the daily number of COVID-19 cases and various stock indices. Larger economic problems are associated with the current and potential future demand for oil translating into fluctuations in oil prices due to reduced economic activities driven by the COVID- 19 pandemic. Expected excess supply was also responsible for important price reductions. If lower than expected oil prices continue, mainly oil-dependent economies may contract following reductions in trade and investment. Shocks to the labor markets will be severe, especially for countries dependent on migration. Generally speaking, migrant workers make important contributions to the labor markets, addressing imbalances in both high and low-skilled occupations. ‘As international travel restrictions and quarantine are likely to remain for the foreseeable future as ‘countries try to stop the spread of the pandemic, migration flows will be limited, hindering global economic growth and development. Adapted from WHO (World Health Organization). Coronavirus Disease 2019 Situation Report 100. Geneva 2020. ‘Scanné avec CamSeannerQUESTIONS I-VOCABULARY (points) Find in the text a synonym for each of the fo lowing words or expressions: |-coronavirus 2019; 2-industries; 3+ traveler; 4-revenue. 1- COMPREHENSION (4points) Write « True» or « False nin front of the nus right answer, L mber of each statement corresponding to the 2% The affected countries did not get any healtheare problems before the pandemic appearance. 3+ Many service companies have lost too much ‘money due to COVID-19, 4- Shocks to the labor markets are not s0ing to be good for countries dependent on migration TI- GRAMMAR (3points) ‘A> Use the appropriate tense of the verb in parentheses, 1) COVID-19 (to be) a worldwide concern since 2019. 2) The President of the republic (to deliver) a speech in the coming hours. B-Report the following sentences, 1) The doctor declared: "COVID-19 is a dangerous disease”, 2) “Lwill go to the USA next year, my brother says, C- Put the following sentences into the passive voice. 1) Many students have learnt English for many years, 2) They could cure this dangerous disease very quickly, ‘Scanné avec CamSeannerIV- Writing. (Spoints) State some economic consequences due to the COVID-19 in your country. Say how to find solutions to them. (12-15ines maximum). V- Translation (5 points) ‘Translate the third paragraph of the text into French. I to V) must be strictly respected. The The order of the questions (from good presentation of your papers is Very important noti: non-respect of this instruction will be punished. A recommended. Presentation: Ipoint. ‘Scanné avec CamSeanner